Cosimo dez 2020 (26 resultados)

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - 'These principles, though the result of long thought and continuous study of the history of war. will not so much give complete instruction to Your Royal Highness, as they will stimulate and serve as a guide for your own reflections.' -Carl von Clausewitz, Principles of War, 1812 Written over two hundred years ago, many consider Principles of War (1812) one of the great books on war. Prussian military theorist Carl von Clausewitz, while being the military tutor of sixteen-year-old Prussian Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, wrote this essay for the prince's education on war, its tactics, and strategy. The current edition was translated by German American historian Hans W. Gatzke and originally released in 1942. …

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Originally published in the Congressional Record, 74th Congress, 1st Session Vol. 79, May 1935.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - 'If he be Mr. Hyde' he had thought, 'I shall be Mr. Seek.' -Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886)Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) is one of the most classic horror stories of all time, by Robert Louis Stevenson. It tells the story of John Gabriel Utterson, a London lawyer, who investigates strange events surrounding his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll, and the evil Edward Hyde, who turn out to be two alter egos of the same person. 'Jekyll and Hyde' has now become a popular idiom describing someone with a split personality: outwardly good, but inwardly evil.This gothic novella is a must-read for fans of Robert Louis Stevenson and horror stories.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - 'The Committee found that the Russian government engaged in an aggressive, multi-faceted effort to influence, or attempt to influence, the outcome of the 2016 presidential election.' -US Senate Intelligence Committee (August 18, 2020) Report of the Select Committee on Intelligence: US Senate on Russian Active Measures, Campaigns, and Interference in the 2016 US Election is a five-volume, 1,300 page investigation, that was undertaken by this US Senate Committee (separately from The Mueller Report, 2019, also available from Cosimo Reports).The five volumes are: - Volume I-Russian Efforts Against Election Infrastructure (July 25, 2019) - Volume II-Russia's Use of Social Media (October 8, 2019)- Volume III-US Government Response to Russian Activities (February 6, 2020)- Volume IV-Review of the Intelligence Community Assessment (April 21, 2020)- Volume V-Counterintelligence Threats and Vulnerabilities (August 18, 2020)Even though parts of specifically report Volume IV are redacted, this whole set offers valuable insights to students of political science, historians and anyone interested in foreign interference in US elections and the inner workings of US politics.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - 'The Committee found that the Russian government engaged in an aggressive, multi-faceted effort to influence, or attempt to influence, the outcome of the 2016 presidential election.' -US Senate Intelligence Committee (August 18, 2020) Report of the Select Committee on Intelligence: US Senate on Russian Active Measures, Campaigns, and Interference in the 2016 US Election is a five-volume, 1,300 page investigation, that was undertaken by this US Senate Committee (separately from The Mueller Report, 2019, also available from Cosimo Reports).The five volumes are: - Volume I-Russian Efforts Against Election Infrastructure (July 25, 2019) - Volume II-Russia's Use of Social Media (October 8, 2019)- Volume III-US Government Response to Russian Activities (February 6, 2020)- Volume IV-Review of the Intelligence Community Assessment (April 21, 2020)- Volume V-Counterintelligence Threats and Vulnerabilities (August 18, 2020)Even though parts of specifically report Volume IV are redacted, this whole set offers valuable insights to students of political science, historians and anyone interested in foreign interference in US elections and the inner workings of US politics.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - 'The Committee found that the Russian government engaged in an aggressive, multi-faceted effort to influence, or attempt to influence, the outcome of the 2016 presidential election.' -US Senate Intelligence Committee (August 18, 2020) Report of the Select Committee on Intelligence: US Senate on Russian Active Measures, Campaigns, and Interference in the 2016 US Election is a five-volume, 1,300 page investigation, that was undertaken by this US Senate Committee (separately from The Mueller Report, 2019, also available from Cosimo Reports).The five volumes are: - Volume I-Russian Efforts Against Election Infrastructure (July 25, 2019) - Volume II-Russia's Use of Social Media (October 8, 2019)- Volume III-US Government Response to Russian Activities (February 6, 2020)- Volume IV-Review of the Intelligence Community Assessment (April 21, 2020)- Volume V-Counterintelligence Threats and Vulnerabilities (August 18, 2020)Even though parts of specifically report Volume IV are redacted, this whole set offers valuable insights to students of political science, historians and anyone interested in foreign interference in US elections and the inner workings of US politics.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - 'We are a nation of pioneers. We are the people who crossed the ocean, carved out a foothold on a vast continent, settled a great wilderness, and then set our eyes upon the stars. This is our history, and this is our destiny.' -Donald J. Trump, 45th US President (2020) National Space Policy of the United States of America (2020) was released by the Trump White House and signified a far-reaching government effort to refocus America on outer space. This publication promotes a vigorous commercial space industry with the objective of returning to the Moon and traveling to Mars, leading in exploration, and defending US and allied interests in space. Students of national security, journalists and anyone interested in the future of space policy, will find this publication compelling reading.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - 'Criminal identification by means of fingerprints is one of the most potent factors in obtaining the apprehension of fugitives who might otherwise escape arrest and continue their criminal activities indefinitely.' -J. Edgar Hoover, Introduction, The Science of FingerprintsThe Science of Fingerprints: Classification and Uses is a 1957 FBI guide for taking and analyzing fingerprints, with an introduction by J. Edgar Hoover. Hoover personified the FBI during his reign of 48 years, beginning in 1924, as the founding director of the FBI. He has been credited with building and modernizing the FBI, including with establishing a centralized fingerprint file. Although we have entered the era of DNA and cyber-crime, fingerprinting remains an essential tool for investigating crime. This manual is valuable reading for students of criminal justice, historians, and anyone interested in the essentials of fingerprinting.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - 'One of the most dramatic changes in the world of finance during the past fifteen years has been the extraordinary development of the markets for financial derivatives.' --President's Working Group on Financial Markets, 1999In 1998, Congress requested the President's Working Group on Financial Markets to develop policy with respect to over-the-counter derivative instruments. The resulting report, Over-the-Counter Derivatives Markets and the Commodity Exchange Act (1999) focuses on OTC derivatives, legal challenges and changes to the Commodity Exchange Act necessary to promote innovation and efficiency and to reduce systemic risk in these markets.Students of financial history, journalists, politicians, and anyone interested in the workings of financial markets and the Plunge Protection Team, will find this vital background reading.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - The events of September 2008. proved that runs on MMFs not only harm fund shareholders, but may also. ultimately result in a decline in economic activity.' --President's Working Group on Financial Markets, 2010The September 2008 run on money market funds ('MMFs'), during the financial crisis underscored the vulnerability of the financial system to systemic risk. Upon the Treasury Department's request, the President's Working Group on Financial Markets prepared the report, Money Market Reform Options (2010), explaining the concept of MMFs and addressing the systemic risks of MMF runs.Students of financial history, journalists, politicians, and anyone interested in the workings of financial markets and the Plunge Protection Team, will find this vital background reading.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - 'Every man a king, so there would be no such thing as a man or woman who did not have the necessities of life, who would not be dependent upon the whims of the financial barons for a living.' -Share Our Wealth, Huey Long (1934).

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - 'These principles, though the result of long thought and continuous study of the history of war. will not so much give complete instruction to Your Royal Highness, as they will stimulate and serve as a guide for your own reflections.' -Carl von Clausewitz, Principles of War, 1812.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - '.On September 11, 1998, millions of Americans took a break from their daily newspaper to rush online and download The Starr Report. At several hundred pages, the Starr Report dwarfed the capacity of a print edition, plus everyone wanted to skip to the dirty stuff.' -T.A. Frank, journalist, Vanity Fair, September 3, 2018 The Starr Report-Referral from Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starr Regarding President Clinton was released in September 1998 to Congress. After a four-year investigation into an array of issues related to President Bill Clinton's pre-presidency financial dealings, alleged abuses by the White House, and Clinton's conduct as a defendant in a sexual harassment lawsuit, it was especially Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky, a former White House intern, that caused this report to conclude there were 11 grounds for impeaching President Clinton, including perjury, obstruction of justice, witness tampering, and abuse of power.On December 19, 1998, Clinton became the second American president to be impeached by the House of Representatives (the other was Andrew Johnson in 1868). On February 12, 1999 Clinton was acquitted of the charges against him, when the Senate failed to convict him by the necessary two-thirds majority vote.This edition contains Volume II-the Referral from Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starr, House Document No. 105-310.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - 'Through Shaw, I found my vocation at last.'-H. L. MenckenGeorge Bernard Shaw: His Plays (1905), by H. L. Mencken, is a 'little handbook' for readers interested in his favorite playwright George Bernhard Shaw's work. It consists of summaries of Shaw's plays and some of his other writings, with analysis by Mencken.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - 'Trench fighting is the bloodiest, wildest, most brutal of all. Of all the war's exciting moments none is so powerful as the meeting of two storm troop leaders between narrow trench walls. There's no mercy there, no going back, the blood speaks from a shrill cry of recognition that tears itself from one's breast like a nightmare.' --Ernst Jünger, The Storm of Steel, 1929Ernst Jünger, German author of one of the most famous books on World War I, The Storm of Steel--From the Diary of a German Storm-Troop Officer on the Western Front (1929), in which he describes the life of a soldier, the brutality of trench warfare and the act of killing on the battlefields in France and Belgium in a detailed and matter-of-fact manner.This classic memoir is a must-read for military historians, policy makers, and anyone interested in learning about war and the experiences of the soldiers fighting a war.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - 'The Committee found that the Russian government engaged in an aggressive, multi-faceted effort to influence, or attempt to influence, the outcome of the 2016 presidential election.' -US Senate Intelligence Committee (August 18, 2020) Report of the Select Committee on Intelligence: US Senate on Russian Active Measures, Campaigns, and Interference in the 2016 US Election is a five-volume, 1,300 page investigation, that was undertaken by this US Senate Committee (separately from The Mueller Report, 2019, also available from Cosimo Reports).The five volumes are: - Volume I-Russian Efforts Against Election Infrastructure (July 25, 2019) - Volume II-Russia's Use of Social Media (October 8, 2019)- Volume III-US Government Response to Russian Activities (February 6, 2020)- Volume IV-Review of the Intelligence Community Assessment (April 21, 2020)- Volume V-Counterintelligence Threats and Vulnerabilities (August 18, 2020)Even though parts of specifically report Volume IV are redacted, this whole set offers valuable insights to students of political science, historians and anyone interested in foreign interference in US elections and the inner workings of US politics.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - '. excessive leverage can increase the likelihood of a general breakdown in the functioning of financial markets.' --President's Working Group on Financial Markets, 1999Hedge Funds, Leverage, and the Lessons of Long-Term Capital Management is a report issued by the President's Working Group in 1999, after the prior year's crisis in global financial markets and the near collapse of Long-Term Capital Management. This report explains the risks of excessive leverage of hedge funds and other financial institutions to the financial system, and recommends measures to mitigate these risks.Students of financial history, journalists, politicians, and anyone interested in the workings of financial markets and the Plunge Protection Team, will find this vital background reading.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - 'I want to know, whether you consider the time is ripe for summoning King Leopold before the bar of an international tribunal to answer for the crimes perpetrated under his orders and in his interest in the Congo State ' -William Stead, Review of Reviews (1905) King Leopold's Soliloquy-A Defense of his Congo Rule (1905), by Mark Twain is an imaginary speech by King Leopold II of Belgium (1835-1909), in which Leopold defends himself against the critics of his reign of the Congo Free State (present-day Democratic Republic of Congo.) During Leopold's reign of plunder, he extracted ivory and rubber from this country while abusing and killing reportedly millions of Congolese laborers. Although this history is not well known, it is returning to forefront of the 21st century public debate.This jacketed hardcover replica of the original illustrated edition of King Leopold's Soliloquy offers a harsh indictment of Leopold and is a satirical and devastating read.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - ' .the World-War was no longer a momentary constellation of casual facts due to national sentiments, personal influences, or economic tendencies, .but the type of a historical change of phase occurring within a great historical organism of definable compass at the point preordained for it hundreds of years ago.' --Oswald Spengler, Decline of the West Vol. I, 1914The Decline of the West, Volume I: Form and Actuality, by German historian Oswald Spengler, originally published in German as Der Untergang des Abendlandes (Vol. I in 1918), became an instant success in Germany after its defeat in World War I. Spengler's description of the end of the Western world and the implication that Germany was part of this larger historical process resonated with the German readers. He described great cultures following a cycle from inception to expansion followed by death. By understanding this cycle, one could reconstruct the past and predict the future. He specifically predicted that in the final stage of Western civilization, in the 20th century, Caesarism, a new and overpowering leadership would arise, replacing individualism, liberalism and democracy.Even though this book was criticized by scholars, it became a bestseller in the 1920s and laid the foundation for the social cycle theory, which states that stages of history generally repeat themselves in cycles.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - ' .the World-War was no longer a momentary constellation of casual facts due to national sentiments, personal influences, or economic tendencies, .but the type of a historical change of phase occurring within a great historical organism of definable compass at the point preordained for it hundreds of years ago.' -Oswald Spengler, Decline of the West Vol. I, 1914The Decline of the West, Volume II: Perspectives of World-History by German historian Oswald Spengler, originally published in German as Der Untergang des Abendlandes (Vol. II in 1922), became an instant success in Germany after its defeat in World War I. Spengler's description of the end of the Western world and the implication that Germany was part of this larger historical process resonated with the German readers. He described great cultures following a cycle from inception to expansion followed by death. By understanding this cycle, one could reconstruct the past and predict the future. He specifically predicted that in the final stage of Western civilization, in the 20th century, Caesarism, a new and overpowering leadership would arise, replacing individualism, liberalism and democracy.Even though this book was criticized by scholars, it became a bestseller in the 1920s and laid the foundation for the social cycle theory, which states that stages of history generally repeat themselves in cycles.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - ' .the World-War was no longer a momentary constellation of casual facts due to national sentiments, personal influences, or economic tendencies, .but the type of a historical change of phase occurring within a great historical organism of definable compass at the point preordained for it hundreds of years ago.' --Oswald Spengler, Decline of the West Vol. I, 1914The Decline of the West, Volume I: Form and Actuality, by German historian Oswald Spengler, originally published in German as Der Untergang des Abendlandes (Vol. I in 1918), became an instant success in Germany after its defeat in World War I. Spengler's description of the end of the Western world and the implication that Germany was part of this larger historical process resonated with the German readers. He described great cultures following a cycle from inception to expansion followed by death. By understanding this cycle, one could reconstruct the past and predict the future. He specifically predicted that in the final stage of Western civilization, in the 20th century, Caesarism, a new and overpowering leadership would arise, replacing individualism, liberalism and democracy.Even though this book was criticized by scholars, it became a bestseller in the 1920s and laid the foundation for the social cycle theory, which states that stages of history generally repeat themselves in cycles.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - ' .the World-War was no longer a momentary constellation of casual facts due to national sentiments, personal influences, or economic tendencies, .but the type of a historical change of phase occurring within a great historical organism of definable compass at the point preordained for it hundreds of years ago.' -Oswald Spengler, Decline of the West Vol. I, 1914The Decline of the West, Volume II: Perspectives of World-History by German historian Oswald Spengler, originally published in German as Der Untergang des Abendlandes (Vol. II in 1922), became an instant success in Germany after its defeat in World War I. Spengler's description of the end of the Western world and the implication that Germany was part of this larger historical process resonated with the German readers. He described great cultures following a cycle from inception to expansion followed by death. By understanding this cycle, one could reconstruct the past and predict the future. He specifically predicted that in the final stage of Western civilization, in the 20th century, Caesarism, a new and overpowering leadership would arise, replacing individualism, liberalism and democracy.Even though this book was criticized by scholars, it became a bestseller in the 1920s and laid the foundation for the social cycle theory, which states that stages of history generally repeat themselves in cycles.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - 'The Committee found that the Russian government engaged in an aggressive, multi-faceted effort to influence, or attempt to influence, the outcome of the 2016 presidential election.' -US Senate Intelligence Committee (August 18, 2020) Report of the Select Committee on Intelligence: US Senate on Russian Active Measures, Campaigns, and Interference in the 2016 US Election is a five-volume, 1,300 page investigation, that was undertaken by this US Senate Committee (separately from The Mueller Report, 2019, also available from Cosimo Reports).The five volumes are: - Volume I-Russian Efforts Against Election Infrastructure (July 25, 2019) - Volume II-Russia's Use of Social Media (October 8, 2019)- Volume III-US Government Response to Russian Activities (February 6, 2020)- Volume IV-Review of the Intelligence Community Assessment (April 21, 2020)- Volume V-Counterintelligence Threats and Vulnerabilities (August 18, 2020)Even though parts of specifically report Volume IV are redacted, this whole set offers valuable insights to students of political science, historians and anyone interested in foreign interference in US elections and the inner workings of US politics.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - '[The contents of this report] should fundamentally change the way you view Benghazi.' --Trey Gowdy, Committee Chairman, June, 2016On September 11, 2012, an attack occurred against two US government facilities in Benghazi, Libya. As a result of these attacks, the US Ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens, died (the first US ambassador killed since 1979), as well as three other Americans. Controversy arose about whether the attacks were committed spontaneously or were premeditated, and whether the US government's response was adequate.Ten investigations followed into whether high-ranking US government officials, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, had acted improperly. The most important investigation was handled by the Republican-controlled US House Select Committee on Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi.It issued nearly 1,000 pages in The Benghazi Report--with Additional and Minority Views in June 2016 and criticized the Obama Administration's handling of the attacks. It concluded that the State Department failed to protect US diplomats in Libya. Clinton, who at the time of the release of this report was the Democratic presidential candidate dismissed the findings of this report as did the Democrats on the House Select Committee in their minority report, included in the report. …

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - ' .the World-War was no longer a momentary constellation of casual facts due to national sentiments, personal influences, or economic tendencies, .but the type of a historical change of phase occurring within a great historical organism of definable compass at the point preordained for it hundreds of years ago.' --Oswald Spengler, Decline of the West Vol. I, 1914The Decline of the West by German historian Oswald Spengler, originally published in German as Der Untergang des Abendlandes (Vols. I and II in resp. 1918 and 1922), became an instant success in Germany after its defeat in World War I. Spengler's description of the end of the Western world and the implication that Germany was part of this larger historical process resonated with the German readers. He described great cultures following a cycle from inception to expansion followed by death. By understanding this cycle, one could reconstruct the past and predict the future. He specifically predicted that in the final stage of Western civilization, in the 20th century, Caesarism, a new and overpowering leadership would arise, replacing individualism, liberalism and democracy.Even though this book was criticized by scholars, it became a bestseller in the 1920s and laid the foundation for the social cycle theory, which states that stages of history generally repeat themselves in cycles.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - ' .the World-War was no longer a momentary constellation of casual facts due to national sentiments, personal influences, or economic tendencies, .but the type of a historical change of phase occurring within a great historical organism of definable compass at the point preordained for it hundreds of years ago.' --Oswald Spengler, Decline of the West Vol. I, 1914The Decline of the West by German historian Oswald Spengler, originally published in German as Der Untergang des Abendlandes (Vols. I and II in resp. 1918 and 1922), became an instant success in Germany after its defeat in World War I. Spengler's description of the end of the Western world and the implication that Germany was part of this larger historical process resonated with the German readers. He described great cultures following a cycle from inception to expansion followed by death. By understanding this cycle, one could reconstruct the past and predict the future. He specifically predicted that in the final stage of Western civilization, in the 20th century, Caesarism, a new and overpowering leadership would arise, replacing individualism, liberalism and democracy.Even though this book was criticized by scholars, it became a bestseller in the 1920s and laid the foundation for the social cycle theory, which states that stages of history generally repeat themselves in cycles.…